Робинзон Крузо
Agricultural Experience
Accordingly,thenextday,Iwenttomycountry-house,asIcalledit;andcuttingsomeofthesmallertwigs,IfoundthemtomypurposeasmuchasIcoulddesire; whereuponIcamethenexttimepreparedwithahatchettocutdownaquantity,whichIsoonfound,fortherewasgreatplentyofthem. TheseIsetuptodrywithinmycircleorhedge,andwhentheywerefitforuse,Icarriedthemtomycave; andhereduringthenextseasonIemployedmyselfinmaking,aswellasIcould,agreatmanybaskets,bothtocarryearth,ortocarryorlayupanythingasIhadoccasion. AndthoughIdidnotfinishthemveryhandsomely,yetImadethemsufficientlyserviceableformypurpose. Andthus,afterwards,Itookcarenevertobewithoutthem; andasmywicker-waredecayed,Imademore; especiallyImadestrongdeepbasketstoplacemycornin,insteadofsacks,whenIshouldcometohaveanyquantityofit.
Havingmasteredthisdifficulty,andemployedaworldoftimeaboutit,Ibestirredmyselftosee,ifpossible,howtosupplytwowants. Ihadnovesselstoholdanythingthatwasliquid,excepttworunlets,whichwerealmostfullofrum,andsomeglassbottles,someofthecommonsize,andotherswhichwerecase-bottlessquare,fortheholdingofwaters,spirits,etc. Ihadnotsomuchasapottoboilanythingexceptagreatkettle,whichIsavedoutoftheship,andwhichwastoobigforsuchuseasIdesiredit,viz.,tomakebroth,andstewabitofmeatbyitself. ThesecondthingIwouldfainhavehadwasatobacco-pipe;butitwasimpossibletometomakeone. However,Ifoundcontrivanceforthat,too,atlast.
